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Originally Posted by cmac2012
The impression I got, implausible as it sounds, is that an ice sheet of some size, when locked around the rocks, will be moved enough by friction with the wind to push the rocks. They said winds of 8 mph would do it. All I can figure is if the ice sheet is large enough, the friction of wind blowing over it will be large enough to move the rocks.
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Seems to me that if a rock is embedded in the ice it's surface must provide some area for the wind to work on as well as blowing the ice sheet itself.
- Peter.
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